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Imaginary Realities: Curriculum Change that Ignores Classroom Contexts

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International Perspectives on Teachers Living with Curriculum Change

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Soto introduces a curriculum change context in which national planners appeared to acknowledge the importance of stakeholder involvement, through organising formal consultations at local level, only to ignore the suggestions made. Consequently, curriculum goals did not fit contextual realities. Although the teacher was positive about the rationale for change, her implementation experiences were of working in isolation in an unsupportive school context, to try to achieve curriculum goals which were of little interest to her learners or their parents . Soto concludes by questioning the value of curriculum change initiatives that promote teaching approaches inconsistent with prevailing educational norms, without planning for the local awareness raising, and ongoing teacher development opportunities that could provide teachers with necessary ‘moral’ and practical support.

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    María Alejandra Soto

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Soto, M.A. (2018). Imaginary Realities: Curriculum Change that Ignores Classroom Contexts. In: Wedell, M., Grassick, L. (eds) International Perspectives on Teachers Living with Curriculum Change. International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54309-7_11

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